Oakridge Sixth Grade Blog

This week, you will be answering the following questions:

• Who is your favorite singer or recording artist?
• What do you like about their music?
  - How does it make you feel?
  - What elements of the sound do you like?
  - What part of the words or lyrics to you enjoy?
  

We are going to learn about another musical genre from the Americas, Jazz.

Day One: After watching the video, we will be writing a comment comparing and contrasting, Blues, Latin, and Jazz music.

Day Two: Do these activities on Jazz:

• PBS Kids Jazz

After watching a video on Latin music, answer these questions:

1. What did you learn about that genre?
2. How does it compare and contrast with Blues music that we learned about last week?

and do one of these activities:

Fractions of a Second: An Olympic Musical – Interactive Graphic – NYTimes.com

Planting Ideas

Until the timer rings